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>be me
>highschool gym class
>shirts vs skins
>take off shirt
>gym teacher sees my bruises
>get called into office
>asked if bruises are from home
>no these are from school
>oh ok
>never chosen for skins again
>thanks gym teacher

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[–] winterayars 54 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

When i was in high school i got beat to shit by other kids regularly. These were some nasty fucks. too. Buncha farm boys who took what they learned from their old man at home and brought it to school to take it out on those smaller than them.

The school knew i was being hurt regularly and did nothing. My reports of violence directed against me got no response at best and the school administration saying i deserved it for being weak at worst and i quickly quit even bothering. Other parents saw/overhead how i was treated and complained to the school but that was also ignored.

But when Columbine happened suddenly that changed. They knew the whole time and they realized something bad could happen because of their inaction and encouragement: I could get revenge.

Now, things didn't change for the better but it became clear to me that they knew exactly what had been going on. They just didn't care because, in their minds, i deserved what happened. Their response to the new fear of school shootings wasn't to try to fix things and improve the situation, it was to view me not just as someone who deserved what happened to me but as an enemy.

They know and they don't care.